In 2015, Southampton celebrated its 375th anniversary of its 1640 founding, long known as Founder's Day. My story The Dark Age Charter, which won this year's Dan's Paper literary competition, is an exploration into the real founders of Southampton. The narrative I'll read this month at the salon describes my journey into the uncovering of these real-and until now, hidden-founders of Southampton.
Beginning in 1634 with the Montaukett-Pequot War, the British gradually took over Long Island through a succession of conflicts with the indigenous native American residents. By 1665, with the Plantation (a.k.a. Dutch) at the Hempstead Protest, the domination was complete.Through the 17th to 19th centuries Britain forcibly established-as did a number of European countries-colonial rule in lands throughout the world, primarily to exploit local resources. This empire building by the Monarchy was justified on the grounds that European culture was superior to those of the indigenous peoples. Thus, the Monarchy had indoctrinated its people into believing that it was "the white man's burden" to bring civilization to these "heathen" lands. In most cases, such control could only be achieved through violence, the spread of infectious disease, and genocide. Anti-imperialist sentiment over religious and political conflict began to grow within the 1600s, culminating in the theological trial ofHonorable Anne Hutchinson. But colonial rule continued in America, until the British ceded home rule to the United States in 1776.
Producer : Scott Lewis
Author, Adjunct Professor has over twenty years experience in developing industrial-strength services for the Fortune 100. He began his career designing and installing PBXs and voice messaging services, and is now an Adj. Prof. at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. He has received awards for his PBX installation at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and the United Nations. He and a team of developers made history with the introduction of VoiceDialing at a Regional Bell Operating Company - the first time a dial tone had been replaced with a speaker-dependent voice recognizer and put into production in the fixed telephone network. Another first, with Ericsson, was the introduction of the Unified Inbox, which allows access to voice mail, fax mail, and e-mail by way of the Internet, but also allows one to hear all these media types by way of a wireless phone. Mr. Lewis went on to develop International Standards for Countries to use in protecting their critical infrastructure. Google his name followed by the text -critical infrastructure- to learn more about him.